ASHEVILLE – Venus Williams’ 7-5, 6-1 match win over the Netherlands’ Richel Hogenkamp wrapped up the U.S. Team’s first round Fed Cup win Sunday at the U.S. Cellular Center.

It was Williams’ second match win of the weekend after defeating Arantxa Rus 6-1, 6-4 in the opening match Saturday. The win marked her 1,000-career match.

"It's been an incredible weekend," U.S. team captain Kathy Rinaldi said.

CoCo Vandeweghe gave the USA a 2-0 lead in the second singles match Saturday, defeating Hogenkamp 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3.

With the USA already secured a first-round win, Vandeweghe’s singles match against Arantxa Rus will be skipped, making way for Serena Williams’ return to tennis in doubles after a year’s absence. It was announced after Venus' win that she will play with her sister, Serena, in the double match, ending the exciting weekend of tennis in Asheville on a high note.

- Hogenkamp wins her third straight game to tie things up at 3-3. Williams serving to take back the lead and grab back the momentum.

- Williams serve hits 112 MPH as she takes back the lead, 4-3, over Hogenkamp.

- Hogenkamp ties the match at 4-4 in Set 1. Williams back to serve.

- Williams takes a 5-4 lead (serve now hitting 117 MPH), holding off Hogenkamp's rally after she took a 40-0 lead in the game. Williams can win Set 1 by breaking her opponent in the next game.

- Wiliams fights back to force deuce, but Hogenkamp wins the next two points to tie the match at 5-5. Hogenkamp continues to be a thorn in the side of the Americans.

- An incredible back-and-forth game, as Williams fights off game-point from Hogenkamp and comes back to take a 6-5 lead. Williams' serve, which was inconsistent in her win over Rus Saturday, has been her best weapon today.

- Williams takes the set, 7-5, breaking Hogenkamp and not allowing her to score a point

Set 2: Williams wins 6-1

- Williams take momentum into second set, take 1-0 game lead on her serve. She's won 11 straight points.

- Hogenkamp holds serve. Set 2 tied at 1-1

- Williams' serve continues to be great. She leads 2-1.

- Williams breaks Hogenkamp for the first time in Set 2 to take a 3-1 lead. Williams can give USA a first round Fed Cup win if she holds serve throughout the rest of the match.

- Williams extends her lead to 4-1, two games away from a Fed Cup first round win for USA

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CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

CoCo Vandeweghe defeated the Netherlands' Richel Hogenkamp in a three-set match on day one of the 2018 Fed Cup at the U.S. Cellular Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The United States will go into day two up 2-0 over the Netherlands. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com

Venus Williams talks to her sister, Serena, after defeating Netherlands' Arantxa Rus 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Fed Cup February 10, 2018 in Asheville. Angela Wilhelm, /awilhelm@citizen-times.com